Jaishankar and the Palestinian PM additionally agreed to stay in contact. (Image: PTI)
Earlier in October, PM Modi had additionally spoken to the President of Palestinian Authority and reiterated India’s long-standing place on the Israel-Palestine battle
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh over the telephone on Saturday and reiterated India’s long-established stand on Palestine.
During the dialog, Shtayyeh expressed his concern on the present state of affairs in Gaza and the West Bank. Both the leaders additionally agreed on staying in contact after the dialog.
After speaking to the Palestinian PM, Jaishankar took to the microblogging web site X and stated, “Spoke to Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh this evening. He expressed deep concern on the situation in both Gaza and the West Bank. Reiterated India’s long standing position on Palestine. Agreed to remain in touch.”
Spoke to Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh this night.He expressed deep concern on the state of affairs in each Gaza and the West Bank. Reiterated India’s long-standing place on Palestine. Agreed to stay in contact.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) December 9, 2023
Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affair, throughout a press convention on October 12 had stated that India’s place on the Palestine problem has been “longstanding and consistent”.
“India has always advocated the resumption of direct negotiations towards establishing a sovereign, independent and viable state of Palestine living within secure and recognised borders side by side at peace with Palestine,” Bagchi stated, including that India’s place stays the identical.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had additionally spoken to the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas and expressed his condolences over the lives misplaced in Gaza’s Al Ahli Hospital.
PM Modi had additionally reiterated India’s dedication in direction of offering humanitarian help to the Palestinian folks whereas additionally urgent on India’s long-standing place on the Israel-Palestine battle.
The prime minister, on the time, additionally took to X and wrote, “Spoke to the President of the Palestinian Authority HE Mahmoud Abbas. Conveyed my condolences at the loss of civilian lives at the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza. We will continue to send humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people.”
The Israel Defence Forces has stated that its 98th Division continues to be combating Hamas in Gaza’s Khan Younis. The Israeli Air Force, in reality, took to X and stated that it carried out an air strike on the infrastructure belonging to terror group Hamas on Saturday.
According to the IDF, the Golani Infantry Brigade’s 12 Battalion raided a mosque in Khan Younis, the place Hamas terrorists had been working, The Times of Israel report stated. The IDF stated that an explosive gadget was detonated close to the forces and troopers directed a fight helicopter to eradicate quite a few terrorists on the mosque’s roof.
The IDF stated that an Israeli Air Force jet destroyed the mosque together with the underground infrastructure below it. On the opposite hand, the Maglan unit noticed three Hamas terrorists popping out of a tunnel shaft in Khan Younis and firing RPGs on the troops, IDF stated.
Troops belonging to the Maglan unit additionally carried out drone strikes on different operatives of the fear group and their infrastructures within the space. Reportedly, IDF stated that the elite Duvdevan unit additionally found a Hamas command room utilized by operatives to launch assault on the troopers.
The Duvdevan unit carried out a separate assault on the constructing after which an IAF fighter jet carried out strikes on one other property belonging to Hamas within the space. The Givati Infantry Brigade, the IDF stated, killed quite a few Hamas operatives and located a number of tunnel shafts in Southern Gaza.
So far, Hamas has launched over 100 hostages together with Israelis, Americans and different nationals. The terror outfit launched the hostages as a part of a truce settlement in change for Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
(With inputs from ANI)
